3主耶稣行了与打鱼有关的神迹以后,彼得对祂说,『主阿,离开我,因我是个罪人。』(路五8。)紧接著,就有洁净满身患麻疯之人的事例,就是洁净受玷污的人。彼得不仅是个被霸占的人,也是个受玷污的人。就属灵一面说,我们都是一样。不仅如此,除了被霸占、受玷污以外,我们也是瘫痪的、受藐视的,并且都在走样规条的辖制之下。五章一节至六章十一节的事例描绘每个堕落之人的属灵光景。我们得救以前是被霸占的。我们也是患麻疯的,是罪人,需要得洁净。此外,我们也是瘫痪的人,不能照著神生活行动或作事。因此,我们需要主的医治。一个人不论受甚么事物霸占,当他蒙主呼召,得了释放之后,立刻领悟自己是有罪的。当人忙于霸占他们的事物时,也许认为自己非常好。一旦他们从其中得了释放来跟从主时,就领悟自己是有罪的。不仅如此,他们得了洁净以后,就领悟自己对于神和神的事乃是瘫痪的,不能行在神的路中。但他们得了医治以后,就看见自己是『税吏,』是受藐视、被人看成毫无价值的人。最后,他们明白自己是在一些规条的辖制之下,需要得著满足并释放。
3After the Lord Jesus performed a miracle related to fishing, Peter said to Him, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord!” (5:8). Immediately following, we have the case of the cleansing of a man full of leprosy, the cleansing of a contaminated one. Peter was not only an occupied person but also a contaminated person. Spiritually speaking, the same is true of us all. Furthermore, in addition to being occupied and contaminated, we are paralyzed, despised, and under the bondage of the deformed regulations. The cases 5:1—6:11 portray the spiritual condition of every fallen human being. Before we were saved, we were occupied. We were also lepers, sinful people, in need of cleansing. In addition, we were paralytics, those unable to walk or do anything according to God. Therefore, we were in need of the Lord’she al ing. No matter what a person’s occupation may be, when he is called by the Lord and released, he immediately realizes that he is sinful. When people are busy with their occupation, they may think that they are very good. But when they are released from their occupation to follow the Lord, they realize that they are sinful. Furthermore, after they are cleansed, they realize that they are paralyzed with respect to God and the things of God. They are not able to walk in God’sway. But after they are healed, they come to see that they are “tax collectors,” despised persons considered to be of no value. Eventually, they understand that they are under the bondage of certain regulations and are in need of both satisfaction and liberation.